Effective state youth policy as preventive measure against youth extremism

http://dx.doi.org/10.20339/AM.05-16.054

S.P. Ivanenkov is D. Sc. in Philosophy, prof. at Saint Petersburg State Institute of Psychology and Social Work

e-mail: credonew@yandex.ru

A.Zh. Kuszhanova is D. Sc. in Philosophy, prof. at North-West Institute of Administration by RANEPA

e-mail: pola2@mail.ru

Presented are results of sociological questionnairing, aimed at revealing possibilities of of arising of extremist mood in youth midst. On the basis of analysis of results of this questionnaires examined are research causes, forms of occurrence and basic directions of possible development of youth extremism in modern Russia. The authors note, that lack of attention of society and state to problems of youth and processes of it’s socialization would inevitably increase level of extreme negative forms of youth social-political activity, bringing them up to occurrence of extremism and terrorism. In connection with that conclusion is made about necessity of essential activization of state youth policy. In the authors opinion, only effective state youth policy might became preventive measure against youth extremism.

Key words: youth, socialization of youth, state youth policy, extremism, terrorism.

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